|Article Submission}}} The Isagenix weight Loss and nutritional supplement system medical review.
By Les Webb
A recent report on obesity and its associated degenerative diseases including heart disease indicated continued to rise in an unrelenting epidemic. Despite media attention to the magnitude of the problem, people continue in lifestyles that promote disease. About 40% of deaths in Australia are related to obesity. Our bodies are subject 24 hours a day to attacks from stress, viruses, bacteria, poisons, chemicals, etc. Yet the body manages to fight off most of these attacks, by a complex and efficient system designed by nature to fight off disease.
However, weakened by the stress of modern life, exhausted by the pace at which we live, and poisoned by both our diet and the environment - our bodies need help to carry out the job of self-generation.
The Isagenix Ionix Supreme is far more than an antioxidant even though many of the ingredients do have antioxidant properties. It has many components and does so many different things to all the different body systems.
Dr. Robert Becker in his book, The Body Electric, well documented that the human body is an electrical organism – the cells, heart, brain, and human energy field can all be measured by electrical devices. When the body is out of balance due to poor nutrition, stress, illness, disease, and other factors like poor lifestyle choices and zapped by electronic smog (exposure to microwave ovens, computers, cell phones, pagers, electrical towers, hair dryers, to name but a few), its energy and vitality diminishes and this depletion can be measured and documented.
Do you know that most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies which cannot be remedied until the depleted soils from which our foods come are brought into proper mineral balance? The alarming fact is that foods, fruits and vegetables and grains, now being raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contain enough of certain needed minerals, are starving us - no matter how much of them we eat! This talk about minerals is novel and quite startling. In fact, a realization of the importance of minerals in food is so new that the textbooks on nutritional dietetics contain very little about it. Nevertheless, it is something that concerns all of us, and the further we delve into it the more startling it becomes.
A growing number in the population recognize the need for personal responsibility in health matters. Isagenix utilises new food technology bringing a fresh approach to the problem and has helped numerous individuals recapture many aspects of health including substantial weight loss. This cleansing system has captured the attention of the medical community as well because the results are gained without added stimulants, herbs or drugs.
You would think, wouldn't you, that a carrot is a carrot – that one is about as good as another as far as nourishment is concerned? But it isn't; one carrot may look and taste like another and yet be lacking in the particular mineral element which our system requires and which carrots are supposed to contain. Laboratory tests prove that the fruits, the vegetables, the grains, the eggs, and even the milk and the meats of today are not what they were a few generations ago.
No man of today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the minerals he requires for perfect health, because his stomach isn't big enough to hold them! And we are running to big stomachs.
No longer does a balanced and fully nourishing diet consist merely of so many calories or certain vitamins or a fixed proportion of starches, proteins, or carbohydrates. We now know that it must contain, in addition, something like a score of mineral salts
It is bad news to learn from our leading authorities that 99 percent of the American people are deficient in these minerals, and that a marked deficiency in any one or more of the important minerals actually results in disease. Any upset of the balance, any considerable lack of one or another element, however microscopic the body requirement may be, and we sicken, suffer, shorten our lives..
An evaluation of the effects of the nutritional cleansing was performed to systematically examine body composition as measured by deltoid skin-fold or impedance analysis.
Moreover, analysis of serum chemistries, lipids, and a comprehensive review of body systems were performed to identify subjective as well as objective findings associated with this technology.
A recent medical review has just been undertaken and results include:-
Null Hypothesis: Consumption of the food technology would have no significant effects on body composition, body systems review or blood chemistry.
Study Design: One hundred volunteers were recruited from four medical practices in Utah and California. Initial body composition was obtained by either deltoid skin-fold measurements taken 8 centimeters below the acromio-clavicular joint or by impedance using a Tanita body composition analyzer Model TBF-105. The volunteers completed a comprehensive review of systems and blood was obtained for a basic metabolic profile, lipid profile and in a small subset for testosterone or oxytocin. Urine was collected for 5-HIAA measurements and a screening urinalysis. Ketostrips were given to the participants to monitor their daily ketone levels during the cleansing cycle. The volunteers were instructed on the recommended cleansing program which requires nine days to complete. At the end of the cycle, the measurements and blood work were again collected. The participants were also asked to measure the circumference of multiple sites and track how many inches were lost over the cleansing period.
Results: Body composition: The average weight loss was 7.6 pounds. For women the average weight loss was 7.2 pounds. For men it was 8.3 pounds. For women the body mass index decrease was 2.4 and for men 2.3. The skin-fold analysis involved 25 patients and these had measurements of circumferences of 13 areas in addition to the skin-fold measurement. Two dropped out and one completed 8 days. Their ages ranged from 20 to 68. Their average weight was 235 pounds. The average total inches lost in the nine days were 16.6 inches. In a previous unpublished trial involving18 women from the ages of 18 to 45 and whose average weight was over 200 pounds, the total inches lost in nine days was 17 inches.
Basic Metabolic Profile: Serum was analyzed for sodium, potassium, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, chloride, carbon dioxide, calcium, and glucose. These measurements were unchanged with the exception in men; the average serum glucose declined 11 gm/dl. Total cholesterol declined an average of 24 mg/dl in men and 14 mg/dl in women. Triglycerides decreased by 68 mg/dl in men and 25mg/dl in women.
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol dropped an average 13 mg/dl in men and 7 mg/dl in women. HDL cholesterol declined 0.7 mg/dl in women but increased 1.3 mg/dl in men.
Hormones: In men, testosterone increased 76 ng/dl (18%). In women, oxytocin levels were unchanged. An attempt was made to evaluate urinary 5-HIAA levels as a surrogate for serotonin. The results showed levels essentially unchanged. Urinary 5-HIAA proved difficult to correlate with neuro-chemical serotonin. There are numerous confounding dietary modifiers as well. Unfortunately, in a study such as this, it is not possible to obtain cerebral spinal fluid 5-HIAA levels which would be a more accurate assessment of the serotonin system.
Body Systems Review: As part of the clinical evaluation, a questionnaire consisting of 175 questions divided into groups related to various body systems was asked. Answers were graded as 0, 1, 2 or 3 from no problem to severe problem. Each subset was totalled.
Overall the compiled score decreased 11 points demonstrating lessened somatic complaints and a better overall sense of well-being. The most changed review of systems was neurological/psychological. Mood improved the most. The system groups were labelled neurological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, respiratory, urinary tract, skin, gynecological, and a total rating.
Discussion: This study demonstrates the remarkable safety of the system. The results are significant in that electrolytes remained stable, as did renal function and serum calcium.
Lean body mass was generally preserved and patients reported improved overall health in just a few days. Blood sugars were stabilized and lipids levels improved. Body composition was markedly improved with significant decreases in weight and body fat percentages. Total inches lost were also remarkable. We conclude from this that the total inches lost was a measure of the total body fat lost as indicated by the drop in the body mass index. Subjectively, people reported more energy, a more even temperament, less subjective pain, and improvements in several body system groups.
This food technology differs from diet programs in many important aspects. Diets for weight loss typically attempt to cause imbalances in carbohydrate, fat and protein rations.
Perhaps for this reason alone, diets are not sustainable and dieters nearly always yo-yo their weight over time causing progressive increases in percentage of body fat. This composition change is a result of losing lean muscle mass during the diet phase and adding extra fat as the weight is put back on over time. The study corroborates company testimonials of multiple general health benefits in addition to rapid but safe reductions in adiposity.
Isagenix when taken with commonsense dietary considerations is leading the way in weight loss, wellness and vitality.
About the author
Les Webb is the owner of Aussie Isagenix, which can provide information on taking up an Isagenix home business automatically. http://www.AussieIsagenix.com.au Further info can be had by sending an email to leswebb@AussieIsagenix.com.au . from http://www.FreeArticlesAndContent.com
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